POLITICS: Miami Battens Down

Some storeowners are going to board up their windows. A battalion of
National Guardsmen has canceled summer maneuvers to remain on stand-by
call. Doctors, fearing the worst, have called for increased ambulance
service and emergency supplies of drugs, cots, chairs, tables, tents,
huts, trailers and walkie-talkies. One survival-minded citizens' group,
The Miami Snowplow Co., requested $1.7 million worth of canned beef
stew, a $1,632 stockpile of disposable diapers and bottles, 1,000
containers of aspirin, 500 instant ice packs and one medium-transport
helicopterbut failed to survive as an organization through lack of
support. The scene...